What's your dog's weight? Now double it
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Hey you fantastic people,
It’s yet another Monday. This morning, I actually took the time to cook the food I bought. I rebelled against my inclination to run to Starbucks and fuel myself with sugary coffee and breakfast sandwiches that somehow trigger shame deep in my soul.
It’s the little wins.
What’s your dog’s weight?
I am 100% convinced that when you are told a dog’s anticipated weight, you should take that number and double it.
I have yet to meet a freshly minted dog owner who has been given an accurate expected weight, and it is, without fail, always past the weight quoted at purchase. And my experience volunteering at a kennel has only strengthened my belief.
So using this anecdata, let’s speculate why this occurs:
People are just kind of terrible at guessing weights.
The incentive for kennels is to get dogs out of said kennels. To keep up throughput, it’s probably useful to give potential owners an “optimistic” weight. They aren’t lying, but they are not incentivized to point out that they are probably giving you the lower number out of a range.
I will allow for exceptions, however!
Dogs that are known to be incredibly small likely fall within a range that makes them weighing more somewhat negligible. What’s the difference between 4 or 7 pounds? The same is true for incredibly large dogs. If you know you’re getting a dog that exceeds 150 pounds, said dog weighing 175 pounds isn’t game changing.
Big is big, small is small.
But for all those dogs occupying the middle, double the weight. The difference between a 25 pound dog and a 50 pound dog is somewhat substantial. It may change where you are allowed to live at that point.
No more leg slaps
Nearly overnight, I was able to ditch my iPhone while exercising. Why?
Spotify now streams on Apple Watch.
No longer will my phone slap against my thighs. No longer will I worry about my iPhone sliding out of my shorts as I run. No longer do I need to believe that, one day, there will be an armband small enough to wrap around my skinny arms.
I probably should thank the lawyers behind all the anti-trust suits being filed against Apple for this.
You are appreciated!
LinkedIn is the big deal I keep neglecting
I am slowly ramping up my contributions to LinkedIn. It’s going… well? Or at least better than I thought it was.
As a result of this increased activity, I am working on confirming a hypothesis I have about LinkedIn: Competition for space in the news feed is low, and I am doing a poor job of taking advantage of that.
Unfortunately, LinkedIn’s UI doesn’t really encourage quick posting. This is probably good in the long run, however. It’s not like being able to share your thoughts on a whim is particularly good for society.
But between TikTok, Twitter and Instagram, I am filled up and lazy. One day, maybe.
Stay lovely,
Holden Page